Word: sinse
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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"I wrote with my own hand," recalls the ex-Secretary of the Navy, "the policy of the Department with reference to the safety of ships carrying troops to France'' in 1917. "And not one soldier was lost en route on our ships!" With his own hand, too, the...
Sins of the Father. The scandal in 1864 did not involve the children. But many years later Oscar Wilde, too, had his day in court.* People then inevitably recalled Sir William's troubles, though by that time he had long been in his grave. Nowadays Sir William is generally...
Some time before the election of Juan Domingo Peron to the Argentine Presidency, the U.S. State Department decided that a Peronista government was intolerable to American interests. Working from this premise, Spruille Braden issued the famous Blue Book, which catalogued the Nazi leanings of the Strong Man and the wartime...
But "The Tinker's Wedding" more than makes up for the sins of its companion-piece. Loud huzzahs go to Mrs. Howe for one superb accomplishment and another brave try, and to Miss Lynn Baker for some amazingly imaginative and accomplished set and costume-designing.
Reuben wrote to his Congressmen. Post-office crews had to wade through his mail -10,000 letters for Senator Taft alone. Letters poured in from farmers, labor, housewives, white-collar workers. Whatever the sins of OPA, the U.S. consumer had been persuaded by ex-Advertising Man Chester Bowles that only...